Watch-protector.



No. 682,0!9. I Patented Sept. 3, I901. A. ALMOVIST, A. W. KASTBEBG, 6.A. CAHLING &. P. A. SJMVIST.

' WATCH PROTECTOR.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1901.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST ALMQVIST, ADOLF KASTBERG, GUSTAF ALFRED CAHLING, AND PER ADOLF SJOQVIST, OF SKGNSBERG, SWEDEN.

WATCH-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,019, datedSeptember 3, 1901.

Application filed March 5, 1901. Serial No. 49,812. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUST ALMovrsr, ADOLF' WILHELM KASTBERG, GUSTAFAL- FRED CAHLING, and PER ADOLF SJoovIsT, all

of Skonsberg, near Sundsvall, in the King-- dom of Sweden, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Watch-Protectors, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a watch pro- [0 tector which is to be sewed orotherwise strongly fastened in the watch-pocket, and has for its objectto prevent the watch or a step-counter or such like from falling out ofthe pocket and from being stolen. When I5 using this protector, thewatch can be inserted and removed in the usual manner and as quickly aswhen not using it, the protector only serving as a brake-shoe or suchlike, so that more power is necessary than is usuzo ally the case forremoving the watch-from the pocket. The protector, however, may also beso disposed that the one hand can release the watch from the protectorwhile the other hand removes it from the pocket. In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a front view'of our improved protector. Fig. 2 isa modification, the upper part of the clamps being broken away. Fig. 3is a transverse section of one of the clamps.

Referring to the drawings,the letters a and b designate the clamps ofourimproved watchprotector, the sections of which are each made of asingle piece of suitable material, the body portions being constructedin semicylindrical shape, with their inner edge portions concaved, asshown at Z, Fig. 3. The concave portions may be lined with any suitablematerial to receive and protect the peripheral edge portion of thewatch. The upper extremities of the clamp -sections are bent in neckform, as shown at h, to form flaring ends d and 6, whereby to morereadily guide the watch to its seat. The letters 0 and c designate arms,each of which is separately pivoted atz' to a plate p, said plate beingadapted to be secured to the inside portion of the watch-pocket by anysuitable means. The arms 0 and c are constructed in concavo-convexformthat is, each one is provided with a concave outer face portion 0and a convex inner face portion 0, as shown, the convex face portions ofwhich abut against each other, whereby when it is desired to open theclamps the same is accomplished by pressing the concave portions of saidarms with the forefinger and thumb of the hand, which permits the convexportions to coact one against the other for the purpose of forming ahingejoint connection therewith. The body portions of the clamps areprovided with shoul- 6o ders 1;, between which are interposed the freeends of a spring .9, held in place by means of loops is or othersuitable fastenings for the purpose. By this construction andarrangement of spring the clamps are readily 55 spread apart, whereby topermit of the removal or insertion of the watch between the clampsthrough the flaring ends thereof. In Fig. 2 the central portion of thespring 3 is mounted above the pivots t' to engage the lower outerextremities of the clamps, while the ends of the spring engage loops tor the like arranged on the outside portions of the clamps. Projectionsa for preventing the ends of the spring from being displaced to theright or left are also arranged on the outer portions of the clamps forthe purpose.

When the protector has an upright position, as shown in the drawings,the watch is inserted by pressing the same downward between the flaringends until the watch has passed between the necks h of the clamps andreached its proper seat. For removing the watch the latter is to bepulled upward between said necks. The protector, however, may also haveanother position, so that the clamps be directed to the right or leftinstead of upward. Such a position will often be more convenient forladies. The watch in such cases is inserted and removed by press- 0 ingand pulling it to the left or right. We wish it to be understood that wedo not confine ourselves to the location and the material of the springto be 'used, as we may use a ring 1 of elastic material, the same to be5 connected to the necks h of the clamps, as shown in dotted lines, Fig.1.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- Awatch-protector,consisting of two springactuated semicircular clamps,having concave inner walls, the upper portions of the clamps, being bentto form necks and flaring In testimony whereof we. have hereunto ends,the lower ends of the clamps, being pivsigned our names in the presenceof two suboted and formed concave-convex, the inner scribing witnesses.

convex portions of which abut against each AUG. ALMQVIS'I. 5 otherwhereby-to form a hinge-joint connec- ADOLF WILI-I. KASTBERG.

tion,for operating the clamps by means of the GUSTAF ALFRED OAHLING.concave portions, and the said flaring ends, PER ADOLF SJOQVIST.forminga passage-Way whereby to locate the \Vitnesses: watch between theclamp-sections, substan- AXEL. PETERS,

to tially as specified. EMILE SANnsTRoM.

